Chapter 12
IT WAS SEAN. LEADER of the fire crew and rounder-up of stray team mates. “We need you outside the fence,” he informed me. “The prisoner can be tracked down later.”
I shook my head, not wanting to waste time and energy shedding my fur so I could speak with him. Everyone except Sean had left already, I noted. My assistance chasing off lone wolves was unlikely to have much effect.
“The alpha said all hands,” Sean continued. For one split second, I thought Luke knew something I didn’t. But no—wrong alpha. “She wants an overwhelming show of strength.”
I dodged around Sean. Now wasn’t the time to split hairs about leadership. “Luke, could you ask Ruth to order Sean to stand down?”
Mate-like, he had no problem understanding my convolutions. “On it,” he replied.
Unfortunately, the
